Bob, if you are concerned about transportation subsidies, you should focus on the automobile transportation subsidy which is $billions per year in the Lower Mainland alone. The tiny subsidy for Mobi bikes is insignificant in comparison.

Those studies that claim a subsidy always ignore a number of things. First they assume there is absolutely no public good from an automobile. That for nearly 100 years there has been nothing gained in terms of productivity or quality of life through enhanced mobility. Second they also ignore other public good that derives from the road network whether it is transit busses or good delivery that could not maintain it on their own.